Thursday, August 25, 2016

An Early Clue to the New Direction

Sonny Bono, on German TV (where he belonged) in 1965 with his protest not-so-classic "Laugh at Me."




Bob Dylan on Sonny: "Cat's a drag. He gets thrown out of a restaurant and writes a song about it."

As usual, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize© will be awarded to the first reader who guesses the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

13 comments:

cthulhu said...

People who deserve to be made fun of?

Alzo said...

Great Dylan quote! Nevertheless, Mott the Hoople's cover on their debut LP is quite fine.

steve simels said...

The Skeletons' version is also pretty keen.

Mark said...

Songs inspired by Highway 61 Revisited-era Bob Dylan?

steve simels said...

Close, but no.

steve simels said...

Although if nobody comes up with the actual answer by the evening, I'll call it for you.
:-)

Billy B said...

No clue as to the subject, but Bono is awful. Damn, he's bad. Caterwauling. And the outfit he's wearing looks like a modified prison suit.

Anonymous said...

Dylan style protest songs.

Captain Al

pete said...

best/worst Dylan imitation

steve simels said...

Close enough -- PETE!! Your coveted PowerPop No-Prize is winging it's way to you as we speak!!!!

Anonymous said...

Why is Sonny wearing a chain gang outfit? Even Grace Slick drunk as a skunk won't be caught in that get-up.

Captain Al

tommy quest said...

Sonny never was any good without cher. And I'm betting she made that miserable outfit

edward said...

Dyl's pills, eh?